mea culpa

French, interjection/me.a kul.pa/

mea culpa is a French interjection meaning “mea culpa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Je reconnais la faute que j’ai commise”.

What does mea culpa mean in English?

interjection

1
mea culpa

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Variante orthographique de mea culpa.

interjection: 1. Je reconnais la faute que j’ai commise.

noun: 1. Expression de reconnaissance de la faute qu’on a commise.

noun: 1. Variante orthographique de mea culpa.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of mea culpa

mea-culpa
meâ-culpâ

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce mea culpa?

/me.a kul.pa/
\me.a.kyl.pa\
\me.a kyl.pa\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.